License holder for motor vehicles



April 14, 1925.

A. T. KLOPP LICENSE HOLDER FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed Nov. 15, 1923 AARON ZfioPp.

Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES l,533,titl

AARON '1. KLOPP, or OMAHA, NEBRASKA;

LICENSE HOLDER FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

Application filed November 15, 1923. Serial N0.6'74,968;

To all 1071/0772, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON -T. IxLorr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas-and State tacks or screws, and serving to efiiciently protect the contained license or certificate of registration from mutilation or defacement, while enabling inspection thereof at any time without removal from the holder.

A further object of my invention is to provide a holder or container of this character which is of such weight and thickness as to be readily sent to the registrant by ordinary mail and at the usual letter-postage rate.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a front view of a license holder-embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail section thereof on the line 33 of Fig. 1, partially broken away, and upon an enlarged scale whereby to represent the parts as of appreciable thickness.

In carrying out my invention I provide a rectangular envelope made of tough moisture-proof paper, which may be of the grade known commercially as cover-stock. The front portion or face 4 of the envelope has a large opening 5, the corners of said opening being rounded, and its sides and ends being parallel with the side and end edges of the envelope. The opening 5 is closed by means of a transparent sheet 6 of celluloid or the like, which is placed within the envelope and is sealed to the face 4 about the margin of the opening 5, throughout the area between the edges of the opening and the dotted line 7 in Fig. 1. The sealing of the celluloid sheet to the envelope face is effected by slightly moistening the contacting face with a suitable solvent, such as alcohol, and then pressing the parts together with a heated die having the shape of the dotted outline 7. The frame-like border about the openinge inthe face of the envelope is preferably printed withadesign including the circular markings 8 near the corners, said markings being for thepurpose of indi'cat ing the points for inserting tacks or screws when fastening the holder'to the vehicle on which it is carried. Therear portion of the envelope is formed by the two side flaps i which are overlapped and secured together by adhesive, a closed end-flap 10, and an open end-flap 11.1 Adjoining the open flap 11 the body-portion of the envelope has a. rounded notch therein, as shown in Fig. 2, to facilitate removal ofthe contents of the envelope. \Vithin the envelope, adjoining the sheet 6, there is placed a single sheet of stiff paper or cardboard 14, having at the end thereof the notch 15, adjacent to the notch 12 of the envelope-back. Said card ll forms a stiffening or reinforcing member to prevent the bending or folding of the holder, which would be likely to crack or break the celluloid sheet 6. The reinforcing card or member 14 is permanently secured within the envelope by means of a staple or stitching-wire 16 which passes through the same and the sheet 6 near the closed end of the envelope, as shown, said members being stapled or stitched together before their insertion into the envelope and the sealing of the sheet 6 to the envelope-face. The holder is so proportioned as to receive the license certificate 17 and to retain the same in a position such that the reading matter upon the face thereof may be observed through the part of the transparent sheet 6'which is exposed at the opening 5. The staple 16 forms a stop to preventthe license certilicate being inserted too far into the closed end of the envelope, and sothat the end of the license card or certificate may be grasped at the notches 132 T5, should. it be desired to remove the same from the holdelm It will be seen that the license holder provided by my invention is of such form and weight as to be conveniently sent to the licensee or registrant of the motor vehicle by ordinary mail, by being inclosed in a slightly larger envelope and handled as a letter. The markings 8 indicate, without special instructions to the receiver of the license, the manner in which the holder to be secured to the vehicle. When in use the open flap 11' is secured at the back of the holder by the tacksor screws which pass through the adjacent corners, and the in-- closed certificate is efficiently protected from mutilation or defacement, while inspection thereof is enabled at any time without removing the certificate from the holder. The inexpensive construction of my license holder, as compared with the metal holders heretofore commonly used, enables a considerable economy in this item of expense to motor vehicle registration bureaus, by whom the license holders are customarily furnished to the licensees or registrants.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A license holder for motor vehicles, comprising an envelope of moisture-proof material having an open end-flap and having an opening at the front thereof, the edges of said opening being slightly spaced from the adjacent edges of the envelope whereby the remaining portions of the face of the envelope comprise a frame-like border about the opening, a sheet of transparent celluloid and a flat reinforcing member disposed within the envelope, said sheet and member each being substantially coextensive with the envelope, the celluloid sheet being sealed to the face of the envelope about the edges of the opening, and a staple securing together said sheet and reinforcing member near the closed end of the envelope, said staple forming a stop to limit entry of an insert between the reinforcing member and the celluloid sheet.

AARON T. KLOPP. 

